On the one hand, every year chennai book fair attracts huge crowd. By this, writers,publishers, organisers and of course, readers are happy.
Now, the another report that is reading habit is waning among the children. This is distressing.
One more thing, not all book buyers are " actual readers". The money circulation is quite high. As a result, they don't know what to do with excess cash in hand. Those glossy covers would decorate our drawing room.So, why don't we buy it just for "status" sake. This is the real bottomline behind rise in book sales.
